Job Description

Brand: ['Michael Foods Inc.']

Categories: Operations Production

Locations: Wakefield, Nebraska

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Req ID: 32904

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Wakefield is one of the largest production facilities within Michael Foods. We serve as a flex plant and are able to produce everything from a whole pasteurized egg to liquid, dried, hardboiled and curds.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Storeroom Buyer (MSB) supports operational and maintenance services within theplant, championing maintenance storeroom process executional excellence efforts. The MSB will ensure results while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. The MSB will facilitate the maintenance storeroom workflow process team and will ensure that PR/PO’s for plant asset components are in the CMMS and are being processed efficiently and effectively. The MSB will work with maintenance storeroom personnel, technicians, and planners, to ensure that both stocked and requested components are being procured, received, stocked, and kitted efficiently. They will promote, execute, mentor, and coach excellence in MFI ARM maintenance storeroom standards and practices. The MSB will monitor and report maintenance storeroom metrics to plant leadership weekly and be accountable for KPI’s using CMMS data. They will be a plant CMMS “super user” and the gatekeeper of maintenance storeroom data integrity. The MSB will become a resource to the plant who constantly focuses on improving the maintenance storeroom's effectiveness and procurement processes in support of the maintenance team. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead maintenance storeroom team support services members and tasks to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the maintenance storeroom team members to deliver expected levels of effectiveness. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.
• Works in partnership with the MFI ARM team championing and executing to MFI maintenance storeroom standards
• Works in partnership with POST/MFI procurement championing and executing corporate programs and agreements
• Identify, develop, and implement maintenance storeroom process and performance improvement projects
• Responsible for identifying, coordinating, and facilitating maintenance storeroom process and system training for team personnel
• Leads maintenance storeroom activities related to cycle counting, obsolescence, min/max review, etc.
• Leads maintenance storeroom activities related to job packages and kitting, component criticality analysis, reliability-based storage practices
• Lead development and sustainability of the CMMS physical asset data base including component criticality, BOM’s, and all other necessary supporting data for asset care excellence
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support maintenance storeroom reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.
• Keep accurate and up-to-date records.
• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.
• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.
• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Always ensures required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPEREINCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Associate's degree, two-year technical certificate, and / or a relevant combination of experience which demonstrates procurement and leadership aptitude preferred
• 3 to 5 years of experience in purchasing multiple indirect/MRO commodities or has similar work experience with parts room / tool room with inventory control, receiving, and shipping processes preferred
• Experience in developing and managing suppliers preferred
• Prior experience in SAP at “super user” level preferred
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with superb time management skills
• Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve success with maintenance storeroom programs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and actively listen to the team and those in the environment.
• Frequently required to stand and walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.